Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-08-12
SAMANTHA AT SARATOTA,n
Ely JOSIAH ALL1N's WIFE.

~" SoAA pesA ooAV cay hAoW VI lGS pdEuAlc
ways. No summer resort enjoys mo.
cosmopolitan patronage or has d :livs
lier round'of enjcyments than Satatog;
Here the railroad kings and mdrchan
princes have long been accustolp ned t
gather, while, naturally enough, tn
lesser satellites which always hyoly
around these suns are clustered in tt
same quarter of the fashionable heay
ems. -
The rich and those who wolld b
thought rich, health seekers, .peasur
seekers, money seekers, and mdrimo
nial seekers flock to Saratoga ana crow,
its great hotels and its innnnerabl
boarding-houses, making cuicours
indefinitely diversified and full Of in
terest to every observant and thought
full person. y; ~
Into This wild whirl of fashion MIS-
Honey's new book. plunges the reade,
But they enter, notas participants wit
are part and parcel of the great shcR
but as spectators, whose views, haits
Of life. and sympathies are all in ohel
spheres. Josiah;:and Samantha Alen
are from a retired and ineonspiuous
village of New York State. Thy re-
present the unsophisticated, butsound
sensible people of that sect1cl, who
have seen but little of the wrld, but
who have keen perceptions and won
derfully clear judgments as = what is
fit and proper. =.
Two such persons settleddown amid
the fashion and friyolity of Saratoga
would see many artiingslghts, make
many amusing blunders aud drop many
quaint expression. josiah for exam
pie, amid these surroundings is strik'
ingly like a bull in china shop. He is
continually going wrong, and saman'
tina is perseveringy trying to correct
him, while both are widely out of har'
mony with the life about them. This is
the lead which Miss Holly works in he,
characteristic book, Samantha at Sa.
ratogo," just issued by Hubbard Bros.
of Philadelphia Her rank among hu.
morous writer's has long been deserved.
ly high, but this is her crowning work
For brilliant telling, humorous set
ting forth of the conspicuous features
of Saratoga life it cannot be excelled
We advise our readers to secure a
copy. The book is wonderfully enrich.
ed by the: many laugh-provoking illu.
strations designed by F. Opper, the ce.
lebrated artist of Puck,
Even St. Paul and Bismarck are in.
viting President Cleveland ID visit
them this fall. Chicago sent adelega.
tion of 200 to Washington. =
Washington Springs is comingto the
front as health and pleasure eiort.--
There are few pleasanter places in the
West.-Dakota immigration Jop prnal
The president has stated his hten.
tion to visit Dakota this year. H de.
.sires to see the so much tabled g,lden
empire for himself and he is welcome
to do so.
The meeting of the southern district
pharmaceutical association at Sioux
Falls, commencing September 9th, will
call together the largest collection c1
druggists that has assembled in this
territory since the great pow-wow o.
Sans Arc and Gros Yentre medlcin.
men when the question was decide ID az
to whether killickinlck is luxury or ;
necessity.
More rum is going to Africa than ci
vil1zation Or missionaries. The Ger
mans are putting in some eight mil
lions of gallons of the fiery beverage
annually; England contributes abou
100000 gallons, and we send nearly :
million gallons. It is to be feared tha
the liquor regulations of the Cong.
State are worthless as those along th'
entire west coast are.
The lives of ships are more precarl
Gus than those Of mortals. They perish
at the annual rate of about thirty in
the 1000, whereas our general chances
are one-third better. But these losses
of ships carry with them the lives OF
many brave men; with the wrecks
above enumerated 14,878 seamen were
lost and 1912 passengers. In this bald
statement what vistas of suffering, in
capacity, carelessness, negligence, mis-
fortune and heroism are opened up
Scribners' Magazine.
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under no circumstances discontinue his
Last week man in Ne
braska went to a near neighbors' to
borrow paper, and on his way home
was struck by lightning, and the lamp
If life extinguished on the spot. Had
le been subscriber instead Of bor-
.ower, he might to-day be in full en-
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